006. 2025 ambitions
letting go of resolutions
as the new year looms, i feel like i’m being hit over the head with reminders of how many days are left in the year, what everyone’s winter arc is, and how 2025 is going to be our year.
personally, i’m exhausted by the resoluteness.
to me, the narrative feels very 2014. very girl boss. very capitalistic-centered in that we must “lock in,” optimize, do better.
if i’ve learned anything over the last year, it’s that i don’t actually enjoy striving for more simply for the sake of having/doing/being more. at least not right now. and don’t try to tell me i’m entering my “soft girl era.” after being away from the routines i managed to uphold for 15 years while living in nyc, moving to somewhere that is not nyc has allowed me to detach from hustle culture and begin to engage in conversations/work/activities that double yield meaning over productivity.
in 2025, i just want to continue to feel good about being me and the path i’ve chosen to take in this part of my life.
my ambitions for the year ahead are as follows:
to continue to maintain peace and pleasure across my home life, writing and business
to get more rest - mini breaks from work during the day, naps, nightly sleep, more frequent stay and vacations
to say NO more
to get off that internet crack rock
and as far as ambitions go for my writing in the new year, i’d love to:
be a bestseller. somewhere. (p.s. Love, Loss and Everything In Between is available for preorder and officially #6 on barnes & noble’s poetry best seller charts. thank you for the preorder love!)
see my book on the shelves at target (they’re considering it!)
have my second book accepted for print (fingers crossed!)
maybe you don’t need to improve yourself
maybe you’re fine just the way you are
maybe you don’t need a winter arch
to become unrecognizable
or “that girl”
there’s power — praise even
in staying the course of what’s true to you
and honoring what feels good
to celebrate who you are
and what you want to dosee you next month,
nicole
Love this!!